Tag: Rainfall
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City sees brief spells of showers; more rain forecast for next few days
The rainfall which started from Saturday in the city and its surrounding districts will continue to bring much needed respite from the extremely hot and humid conditions of the past few weeks.
July 1, 2019 -
Kolkata Weather: Climate change behind delayed monsoon
Climate change is an evident reason for the rise in temperature. It is a reality now. The average temperature has increased and it is becoming obvious that it will keep on increasing.
June 28, 2019 -
Leonardo DiCaprio raises awareness on water crisis in Chennai in Insta post
Chennai is battling acute water crisis with major water bodies having dried up due to rainfall deficit in the past two years in the state.
June 27, 2019 -
Cyclone Vayu changes course overnight, won’t hit Gujarat, says IMD, advises to stay alert
The cyclonic storm will skirt along Saurashtra coast this afternoon with a wind speed 135-160 kmph bringing in heavy rains for coastal districts of Diu, Gir Somnath, Junagarh, Porbandar, and Dwarka.
June 13, 2019 -
Cyclonic storm ‘Vayu’ likely to turn ‘severe’, hit Gujarat on June 13; state on alert
The cyclone might bring light showers to cities like Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Veraval and Bhuj on June 12 and June 13.
June 11, 2019 -
Monsoon likely to hit Kerala on June 6, says IMD, predicts below normal rainfall over north, south India
Monsoon is likely to be below normal in July and normal in August.
June 1, 2019 -
Cyclone Fani likely to intensify into ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm in 36 hrs; Navy on high alert
The Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places over coastal Odisha and the adjoining districts of North coastal Andhra Pradesh on May 3 and 4.
April 30, 2019 -
Rainfall likely in Delhi-NCR, parts of western Uttar Pradesh on 16-17 April
Parts of Delhi-NCR were battered by a dust storm late on Monday, followed by light rain which brought temperatures down bringing respite to the people from the heat.
April 16, 2019 -
IMD predicts near-normal monsoon with 96% rainfall this year
According to the latest global forecasts, weak El Nino conditions are likely to persist this summer.
April 15, 2019 -
Rainy Monday for Kolkata as cyclone ‘Phethai’ hits Andhra
Heavy rainfall was on the cards for one or two places of East and West Midnapur, Jhargram, Bankura, East Burdwan, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah and Hooghly districts
December 17, 2018 -
Heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in 16 states in next two days: NDMA
Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in 16 states, including Kerala, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, in next two days with fishermen are advised not to venture in central Arabian Sea, the NDMA said on Saturday.
August 11, 2018 -
Falling boulders halt Toy Train services
Falling boulders and landslips triggered by incessant rainfall in the Hills led to the Toy Train tracks being blocked at the 14 Mile area at Ghayabari in the Kurseong sub-division in Darjeeling on Wednesday. The Director of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), MK Narzary, said the tracks were affected due to the boulders and landslips. …
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August 2, 2018 -
The great Indian irrigation deceit
Bountiful rainfall or above normal rainfall is always a matter of euphoria for Indian agriculture. Because the expect on from such bountiful rainfall are larger net sown area, increased irrigation potential, higher crop productivity, bumper harvest, higher farmer income, lower inflation and a big boost to rural and national economy. But bountiful or above normal …
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July 26, 2018 -
Torrential downpour claims 5 lives
Commuters left complaining as several places in Kolkata get inundated, train services hit as well.
June 26, 2018 -
Rainfall helps in controlling U’khand forest fire
Light and heavy rainfall in many parts of Uttarakhand on Tuesday provided some solace to the state forest department- which is fighting one of the most devastating forest fires in the history of the hill state. Light rainfall was registered in Ruderprayag, Dehradun, Tehri and heavy downpour in Almora and other places to defuse ragging …
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May 30, 2018 -
Dust storm, rain in Delhi, mercury down
With pre-monsoon rains escaping Delhi-NCR for a long time now, the region had seen early arrival of heat. Both maximum and minimum temperatures have been settling above the normal average for many days now.
April 6, 2018 -
Light rain breaks cold wave in J-K
As light rain lashed the plains in the Kashmir Valley, minimum temperature here on Tuesday rose above the freezing point after nearly two months. “The improvement in minimum temperatures across the valley has finally broken the intense cold wave,” an official of the Met department said. The minimum temperature was 2.2 in Srinagar, 1.2 in …
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January 30, 2018